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Sarah Palin: Paul Revere's Ride to Protect the Second Amendment

Why would there be outrage? That is just silly. Same for "O'Bama's" (you know, the Irish-Kenyan tyrant).

For the same reason that there is outrage about Obama's gaffes. It's partisan hackery at its finest. For example: calling Obama "O'Bama".
 
There is a difference. Obama made some mistakes, we all make them. But on FNS Palin insisted what she said the other day was correct. You can bet Obama knows what year it is and knows there are 50 states.
Whoa! There are fifty states? Not 57, or possibly 59 if you count Hawaii and Alaska? Darn. Fooled again by Democrat! When will I *ever* learn?
 
... sign. The ride was a warning to US Independence leaders that the British were planning to arrest them. Saying that this has anything to do with owning weapons is extremely far fetched and stupid.
The arms the Brits were after were in Armories. Powder and shot. Mostly for artillery, the great maimer and killer on battlefields for at least 200 years.

From memory, didn't she say P. Revere was warning the Brits by making noise, ringing bells, firing warning shots that they were not going to take our arms? In some sense that is what happened. The approaching Brits were warned that they would not come unopposed to arrest the rebel leaders and discover the hidden powder and shot.

The very nice part is that through my interactions with everyone here I have refreshed my memory of poorly taught history. I am even rereading a pile of books I have on K. Marx and F. Engels. Everyone keeps me on my toes. Not a bad thing for a "just now getting out of shape" middle-aged guy near 60.
 
Do the 57 states include Hawaii and Alaska?
At least Obama can claim he slipped up and said "57" instead of "47." Unfortunately for Palin, she can't claim it was a slip up since she is insisting she is correct. I'd just like to know which of her two comments she thinks is correct ... did Revere warn the British they weren't going to take our arms away or did he warn the Americans that the British were coming to take our arms away?

6.3.2011: "He who warned, uh, the British that they weren’t going to be taking away our arms..."

6.5.2011: "he warned the Americans that the British were coming, the British were coming, and they were going to try to take our arms..."
 
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IIRC, there is a Raul Revere Society (googling... Michael Savage). Yes, that's it. She wants those fringies. I hope all of you are proud. You're all winners.
 
The arms the Brits were after were in Armories. Powder and shot. Mostly for artillery, the great maimer and killer on battlefields for at least 200 years.

From memory, didn't she say P. Revere was warning the Brits by making noise, ringing bells, firing warning shots that they were not going to take our arms? In some sense that is what happened. The approaching Brits were warned that they would not come unopposed to arrest the rebel leaders and discover the hidden powder and shot.

The very nice part is that through my interactions with everyone here I have refreshed my memory of poorly taught history. I am even rereading a pile of books I have on K. Marx and F. Engels. Everyone keeps me on my toes. Not a bad thing for a "just now getting out of shape" middle-aged guy near 60.

I had to like one of the silliest and self-important posts I'd read in a long time.

Edit: Also there was no American at any of the engagements between the militia Revere warned, so either you're wrong about them coming for artillery or... well you're still wrong.
 
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So what we have here so far is a 16 page thread designed to sink Palin's campaign. The left likely hopes that their posts will be read by the public, who will not vote for Palin (has she even announced a run?). When you have a thread this long about a misspeak, it says more about the opposition than anyone else. Come on folks, how much does your messiah know about this very topic without a chance to read. So Revere told the British something, didn't he? So Palin misspoke about it, and THEREFORE does not deserve to be President. :roll:

Paul Revere - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
So what we have here so far is a 16 page thread designed to sink Palin's campaign.

What an unusual conclusion you've leapt to.

P.S.: I'm on page four. Might want to change your settings.
 
Don't you know all her stans are gonna change History via Wiki and then Paul Revere will have done just whatever Pretty Sarah said? I mean if they change Wiki then it Must Be True:2razz::2razz:

Right. If you can't trust Little Green Footballs, who can you trust? Does the story have to be backed up by the Onion?
 
So what we have here so far is a 16 page thread designed to sink Palin's campaign. The left likely hopes that their posts will be read by the public, who will not vote for Palin (has she even announced a run?). When you have a thread this long about a misspeak, it says more about the opposition than anyone else. Come on folks, how much does your messiah know about this very topic without a chance to read. So Revere told the British something, didn't he? So Palin misspoke about it, and THEREFORE does not deserve to be President. :roll:

Paul Revere - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hey, checkout what conservapedia.com has to say [this hour] about Paul Revere...
Paul Revere (1734-1818) was a silversmith in colonial America who was very active in Boston-area revolutionary groups such as the Sons of Liberty. He is famous for riding from Boston to Lexington, Massachusetts with William Dawes on the night of April 18, 1775 ringing bells to warn the British that colonists would exercise their natural right to bear arms. This also served to warn the minutemen the British were coming. Revere was captured before he could reach Concord, but managed to escape. His midnight ride was immortalized by a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.[1]

Paul Revere - Conservapedia
No mention of the two lanterns in the church steeple ... no mention of why Paul Revere actually rode to Lexington (to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that the British army was on their way to arrest them) ... but interestingly enough, it does mention somethings which did not occur; such as Paul Revere ringing bells ... or warning the British that colonists would exercise their natural right to bear arms.

While it's amusing to see that Conservatives have their own version of history, it also serves to explain why some Conservatives like Sarah "The Quitter" Palin are so ignorant of it.
 
Right. If you can't trust Little Green Footballs, who can you trust? Does the story have to be backed up by the Onion?

The story was backed up by all the attempted changes on the wiki page.
 
The story was backed up by all the attempted changes on the wiki page.

That just doesn't look good. Something about it doesn't sound healthy.
 
Hey, checkout what conservapedia.com has to say [this hour] about Paul Revere...
Paul Revere (1734-1818) was a silversmith in colonial America who was very active in Boston-area revolutionary groups such as the Sons of Liberty. He is famous for riding from Boston to Lexington, Massachusetts with William Dawes on the night of April 18, 1775 ringing bells to warn the British that colonists would exercise their natural right to bear arms. This also served to warn the minutemen the British were coming. Revere was captured before he could reach Concord, but managed to escape. His midnight ride was immortalized by a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.[1]

Paul Revere - Conservapedia
No mention of the two lanterns in the church steeple ... no mention of why Paul Revere actually rode to Lexington (to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that the British army was on their way to arrest them) ... but interestingly enough, it does mention somethings which did not occur; such as Paul Revere ringing bells ... or warning the British that colonists would exercise their natural right to bear arms.

While it's amusing to see that Conservatives have their own version of history, it also serves to explain why some Conservatives like Sarah "The Quitter" Palin are so ignorant of it.

So I decided to look up Palin on conservapedia and found this little historical tid bit too:

Palin filled out a policy questionnaire for the Eagle Forum Alaska during her 2006 gubernatorial race

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Another question asked, "Are you offended by the phrase 'Under God' in the Pledge of Allegiance? Why or why not?" Palin replied, "Not on your life. If it was good enough for the Founding Fathers, it's good enough for me and I'll fight in defense of our Pledge of Allegiance."

Sarah Palin - Conservapedia

:lamo:lamo:lamo
 
So I decided to look up Palin on conservapedia and found this little historical tid bit too:



:lamo:lamo:lamo

But conservapedia then tries to make it seem as though it wasn't an ignorant statement by Palin by stating a bunch of things that are not entirely accurate, but could make an idiot think that she was right when she said that.

It's those pesky gotcha questions which make "Do you want fries with that?" seem like an SAT question that throw her off.
 
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But conservapedia then tries to make it seem as though it wasn't an ignorant statement by Palin by stating a bunch of things that are not entirely accurate, but could make an idiot think that she was right when she said that.

It's those pesky gotcha questions which make "Do you want fries with that?" seem like an SAT question that throw her off.


It is revisionist history at its worst.
 
Sometimes the way partisans blindly gobble up and regurgitate corporate media soundbites makes me want to jump off a cliff, or preferably push them off of one.
 
What an unusual conclusion you've leapt to.

P.S.: I'm on page four. Might want to change your settings.

I'll be sure to do a count next time, regardless I think people are far to serious about this. Even the Obama 57 state thing really is a joke, I mean come on!
 
I'll be sure to do a count next time, regardless I think people are far to serious about this. Even the Obama 57 state thing really is a joke, I mean come on!

Look how outraged people acted about Obama's 2008 gaffe. It goes back and forth and will continue to do so. These people don't truly believe that these things are a big deal, but it serves their political bias, so they will feign outrage.
 
Look how outraged people acted about Obama's 2008 gaffe. It goes back and forth and will continue to do so. These people don't truly believe that these things are a big deal, but it serves their political bias, so they will feign outrage.

Like the guest book sig, Barack should blame Michelle. :mrgreen:
 
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